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enGLAAD responds to Vanity Fair cover featuring Caitlyn Jenner, releases updated tip sheet for journalistshttp://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-responds-vanity-fair-cover-featuring-caitlyn-jenner-releases-updated-tip-sheet
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span id="styles-0-0" class="styles file-styles 750px"> <img width="1200" height="800" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/images/2015-06/150601-caitlyn-jenner-jsw-1240p_f905633d5cc73c24b5c0da7bc2ade414.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?itok=trcVNuQn" alt="" title="" /></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>GLAAD today responded to&nbsp;<em>Vanity Fair</em>&rsquo;s July 2015 cover,&nbsp;featuring Caitlyn Jenner.</p>
<p>&ldquo;By sharing her journey with the world, Caitlyn Jenner is accelerating acceptance of transgender people everywhere and reminds us all&nbsp;how important it is to live as your most authentic self,&rdquo; said GLAAD President &amp; CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.</p>
<p>&quot;For a transgender person to step into the world as his or her authentic self is a moment of tremendous freedom,&quot; said Nick Adams, GLAAD&#39;s Director of Programs, Transgender Media. &quot;The world can now see what Caitlyn Jenner has always known, that she is - and always has been - a woman.&quot;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I&#39;m so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can&#39;t wait for you to get to know her/me.</p>
<p>&mdash; Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) <a href="https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/605407919820013568">June 1, 2015</a></p></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>GLAAD also released an updated tip sheet for journalists covering Jenner and transgender issues. That tip sheet is below.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>TIP SHEET:&nbsp;</strong><strong>TRANSGENDER TERMINOLOGY AND TIPS&nbsp;</strong><strong>FOR COVERING CAITLYN JENNER</strong></p>
<p>Please consider the following guidelines when covering Caitlyn Jenner&#39;s announcement that she is now living publicly as her authentic self. This style guide will help you create respectful, accurate stories while avoiding common mistakes and clichés.</p>
<p><strong>DO</strong>&nbsp;describe people who transition as transgender, and use transgender as an adjective. Caitlyn Jenner is a transgender woman.<strong>DON&#39;T</strong>&nbsp;use transgender as a noun. For example, don&#39;t say: &quot;Caitlyn Jenner is a transgender.&quot;&nbsp;<strong>DON&rsquo;T</strong>&nbsp;use &quot;transgendered.&quot; Transgender never needs an extraneous &quot;-ed&quot; at the end.&nbsp;<strong>DON&rsquo;T</strong>&nbsp;use &quot;transsexual&quot; or &quot;transvestite.&quot;</p>
<p><strong>DO</strong>&nbsp;refer to her as Caitlyn Jenner.&nbsp;<strong>DON&rsquo;T</strong>&nbsp;refer to her by her former name. She has changed it, and should be accorded the same respect received by anyone who has changed their name. Since Caitlyn Jenner was known to the public by her prior name, it may be necessary initially to say &quot;Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner&hellip;&quot; However, once the public has learned Jenner&#39;s new name, do not continually refer to it in stories.</p>
<p><strong>DO</strong>&nbsp;use female pronouns (she, her, hers) when referring to Caitlyn Jenner.</p>
<p><strong>DO</strong>&nbsp;avoid male pronouns and Caitlyn&#39;s prior name, even when referring to events in her past. For example, &quot;Prior to her transition, Caitlyn Jenner won the gold medal in the men&#39;s decathlon at the Summer Olympics held in Montreal in 1976.&quot;</p>
<p><strong>DO</strong>&nbsp;refer to Caitlyn Jenner&#39;s female identity as her gender identity, not her sexual orientation. Gender identity is one&#39;s own internal, deeply held sense of being male or female. Sexual orientation is who one is attracted to. They are not the same thing and should not be conflated or confused.</p>
<p><strong>AVOID</strong>&nbsp;the phrase &quot;born a man&quot; when referring to Jenner. If it is necessary to describe for your audience what it means to be transgender, consider: &quot;While Caitlyn Jenner was designated male on her birth certificate, as a young child she knew that she was a girl.&quot;</p>
<p><strong>DON&#39;T</strong>&nbsp;speculate about medical procedures transgender people may or may not choose to undertake as part of their transition. This is private medical information, and a transgender identity is not dependent on medical procedures. Overemphasizing the medical aspects of a person&#39;s transition objectifies transgender people, and prevents the public from seeing the transgender person as a whole person.</p>
<p><strong>DON&#39;T</strong>&nbsp;imply that someone who comes out as transgender (regardless of their age) was lying or being deceptive because he or she chose to keep that information private. Transgender people face extremely high rates of family rejection, employment and housing discrimination, and physical violence. Every transgender person has to prepare to face the possible consequences of coming out and living as their authentic selves. That caution does not mean that they were deceptive or lying. It simply means they felt it necessary to keep their authentic self private until they were safely able to disclose it to others.</p>
<p><strong>DON&#39;T</strong>&nbsp;indulge in superficial critiques of a transgender person&#39;s femininity or masculinity. Commenting on how well a transgender person conforms to conventional standards of femininity or masculinity is reductive and insulting.</p>
<p>For a more extensive Media Reference Guide on covering transgender issues, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender">glaad.org/reference/transgender</a>. To learn more about transgender issues and how to be an ally to a transgender person, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.glaad.org/transgender">glaad.org/transgender</a>.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2015</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/transgender">Transgender</a></li>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/caitlyn-jenner">Caitlyn Jenner</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/vanity-fair">Vanity Fair</a></li>
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Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:30:09 +0000brendan85844 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-responds-vanity-fair-cover-featuring-caitlyn-jenner-releases-updated-tip-sheet#commentsBarney Frank nominates Athlete Ally founders to Vanity Fair's Hall of Famehttp://www.glaad.org/blog/barney-frank-nominates-athlete-ally-founders-vanity-fairs-hall-fame
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img class="media-image" height="500" id="4" style="height: 500px; width: 750px;;;;" width="750" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/1200px/public/Hudson%2BTaylor%2BIVSwU2w3xZIm.jpg?itok=IgBKXeER" alt="" /></p>
<p>Former congressman Barney Frank has nominated Hudson Taylor and Lia Parifax to the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2014/03/hudson-taylor-lia-parifax-gay-rights-sports">Vanity Fair Hall of Fame</a> for their role fighting homophobia in sports. Frank lists off the reasons why the work of <a href="http://www.athleteally.org/">Athlete Ally</a>, the organization that the couple founded has been so important and worthy of the attention of Vanity Fair.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>BECAUSE</em></strong><em>&nbsp;they have pursued their effort with dignity, creating an organization of dedicated advocates and enlisting more than 100 renowned athletes (including Andy Roddick, Greg Louganis, Martina Navratilova, D’Qwell Jackson, Yogi Berra, Megan Rapinoe, and Kenneth Faried).<strong>BECAUSE</strong>&nbsp;their work impacts on more than 100 colleges and universities (including Columbia, where Taylor coaches wrestling) and the organization’s 15,000 members (including Cyndi Lauper and Russell Simmons).&nbsp;<strong>BECAUSE</strong>&nbsp;there is no trace of self-righteousness in their fight against a prejudice that blights the lives of millions of young men and women, particularly in high-school settings.&nbsp;<strong>BECAUSE</strong>&nbsp;this month Taylor is traveling to the Sochi Olympics, in Russia, in order to challenge that country’s anti-gay laws and build support for L.G.B.T. athletes everywhere.</em></p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2014/03/hudson-taylor-lia-parifax-gay-rights-sports">You can read the Barney Frank's full thoughts at Vanity Fair.</a></strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">February 18, 2014</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/sports">Sports</a></li>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hudson-taylor">Hudson Taylor</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/athlete-ally">Athlete Ally</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/vanity-fair">Vanity Fair</a></li>
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Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:21:50 +0000rossmurray69923 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/barney-frank-nominates-athlete-ally-founders-vanity-fairs-hall-fame#commentsVanity Fair interviews GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis, Board Co-Chair Jennifer Boylan, and VP of Communications Rich Ferrarohttp://www.glaad.org/blog/vanity-fair-interviews-glaad-president-sarah-kate-ellis-board-co-chair-jennifer-boylan-and-vp
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span id="styles-1-0" class="styles file-styles 750px"> <img id="1" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/i.2.glaad-interview-sarah-kate-ellis-jennifer-boylan.jpg?itok=EskxkFvz" alt="" title="" /></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Vanity Fair's Bruce Handy sat down with GLAAD Board Co-chair Jennifer Boylan, Vice President of Communication Rich Ferraro, and GLAAD's new president Sarah Kate Ellis for an interview that premiered today on <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/12/glaad-boy-scouts-sarah-kate-ellis">VanityFair.com</a>. The trio discussed GLAAD's work, LGBT roles in films, and what still remains in the movement for equality. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/12/glaad-boy-scouts-sarah-kate-ellis">You can read the full interview here.</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">December 13, 2013</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/entertainment">Entertainment</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/issues/news">News</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/transgender">Transgender</a></li>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sarah-kate-ellis">Sarah Kate Ellis</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/jennifer-boylan">Jennifer Boylan</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rich-ferraro">rich ferraro</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/vanity-fair">Vanity Fair</a></li>
</ul>
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Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:47:08 +0000mattkane69294 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/vanity-fair-interviews-glaad-president-sarah-kate-ellis-board-co-chair-jennifer-boylan-and-vp#commentsVanity Fair Apologizes for Anti-Gay Slurhttp://www.glaad.org/2011/03/14/vanity-fair-apologizes-for-anti-gay-slur
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/VF-Logo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-33048" title="VF Logo" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/VF-Logo-300x66.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="53" /></a>Vanity Fair</em> magazine has apologized for using the term “f*g” to describe Kurt and Blaine on Glee.</p>
<!--more--><p> It was brought to our attention this weekend, thanks to the efforts of bloggers like <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/vanity-fair-writer-refers-to-glee-characters-as-fags.html">Steve Pep at Towleroad</a> and <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-13-vanity-fair-article-uses-anti-gay-slur-to-describe-glee-characters">Perez Hilton</a>, that <em>Vanity Fair</em> used the three-letter f-word in its review of last week’s episode of the hit show. This language should never have made it to the readers, so GLAAD reached out to the magazine (undoubtedly along with numerous upset and offended readers) and asked for an apology from the publication, which we did eventually get.</p>
<p>First though, the author of the piece, Brett Berk, posted <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/03/the-gay-guide-to-glee-season-2-episode-15-sexy.html" target="_blank">his apology</a> this morning.</p>
<blockquote><p>"UPDATED: I would like to apologize sincerely to anyone I offended with the use of the term “f*g” (now removed) in this “Gay Guide to Glee” column. As an openly gay writer writing in an overtly overblown style, my intent in using the word in this offhanded way was to continue my consistent efforts to confront and challenge stereotype, to unpack the way in which language works, and to deconstruct the clever gender politics at play in the scene I described…." (continued <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/03/the-gay-guide-to-glee-season-2-episode-15-sexy.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p>Berk says his use of the f-word was well-intentioned, but by making this language choice, what Vanity Fair actually communicated to its audience was that the f-word can sometimes be an appropriate way to describe gay youth, like Kurt and Blaine. Thousands of “real life” Kurts and Blaines in America get called this word every day – in school, online, and sometimes even at home. It’s not okay there, and <a href="http://www.glaad.org/reference/defamatory" target="_blank">it’s not okay</a> here either. </p>
<p>Does the author have license to do this because he himself is a gay man? Among his friends, maybe. But the second this article went live, this f-word didn’t belong to Brett Berk anymore. It belonged to <em>Vanity Fair</em>. So then, does <em>Vanity Fair</em> have license to casually throw around the f-word to describe gay men? Absolutely not. And that’s why his apology wasn’t enough by itself.</p>
<p>This is what editors are for-- not just to fix spelling and grammatical errors, but to catch things that could wind up misinforming or offending a wide swath of the audience, no matter how innocuous the writer intends them to be.</p>
<p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/glee-kurt-blaine1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-33049" title="glee-kurt-blaine" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/glee-kurt-blaine1-300x216.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="173" /></a>A teacher who read the original article might subconsciously think twice about it when he or she hears the f-word being used in the hallways at school, and then decide not to act. And what about the thousands of Glee viewers who personally identify with Kurt or Blaine? What are they left to think? “Is that what I am? Is that <em>ALL</em> I am?’” Anti-gay slurs are anti-gay slurs, even if they’re intended not to be taken as such.</p>
<p>We spoke to editors about this and explained why an apology from the author alone doesn’t cover the publication’s responsibility to keep anti-gay slurs out of its pages. In response, at noon today, the editors of the magazine posted <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/a-note-to-readers-of-the-gay-guide-to-glee.html">this</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>With so many genuine homophobes stirring up trouble these days, the gay community doesn’t need any agita from an ally like vanityfair.com, so we are eager to set the record straight about the use of the word “f*gs” in Brett Berk’s <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/03/the-gay-guide-to-glee-season-2-episode-15-sexy.html">latest “Gay Guide to <em>Glee</em>” column</a>. Brett, who has repeatedly referred to himself as VF.com’s “fun and f*ggy editor” (a title the editors have declined to endorse), writes from a humorous and explicitly gay perspective, and his invocation of this complicated word was meant to critique the notion that the gay characters of <em>Glee </em>should feel obliged to “play straight” on stage. That said, we recognize that the column caused genuine offense to many readers, and we apologize unreservedly to them.</p></blockquote>
<p>We are grateful to Vanity Fair for making this statement to clarify the publication's position on the use of a slur that, regardless of who is using it and when, is often ammunition for anti-gay bullying. As an ally, this magazine has an important responsibility to set a good example and use its influence to be a responsible voice. </p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/search?qt=dismax&amp;sort=score+desc&amp;query=fag&amp;submit=">cursory search</a> on <em>Vanity Fair’s</em> website for the offending language turns up more than two dozen results, so it’s clear that this term has been a part of the publication’s allowed vernacular for quite some time. Moving forward however, given their clear understanding of the offense this word can cause, the magazine’s editors are now acknowledging their responsibility for keeping slurs like this out of its vocabulary. We commend their statement's tone of respect and the implication that Vanity Fair will have a greater awareness of the impact of this word in the future. </p>
<p>As we reflect on the use of the word “f*g” in popular culture (especially among people who consider themselves to be friends of the gay community), we have a deep awareness that words and images matter and want to ensure that this one is not summoned to do harm – even if inadvertently.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">March 14, 2011</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/entertainment">Entertainment</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/issues/television">Television</a></li>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/glee">Glee</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/vanity-fair">Vanity Fair</a></li>
</ul>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:19:30 +0000aaronmcquade33692 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2011/03/14/vanity-fair-apologizes-for-anti-gay-slur#commentsJournalist Christopher Hitchens Defames Comedian Wanda Sykeshttp://www.glaad.org/2009/05/13/journalist-christopher-hitchens-defames-comedian-wanda-sykes
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Reports have surfaced that author and journalist Christopher Hitchens used a defamatory slur about openly lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes after her performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner in Washington, DC this past weekend.</p>
<p>New York Magazine's Daily Intel blog broke the story in a post titled "<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/the_unseen_moments_of_the_whca.html" target="_blank">The Unseen Moments of the WHCA Dinner</a>." The report gives a behind the scenes account of how various attendees behaved at the event, and in some cases, what they said. Here's how Daily Intel described the Hitchens incident:</p>
<!--more--><blockquote>By the end of the night, Christopher Hitchens was of course the last man (barely) standing, and he had some choice words for the evening's headlining comedian, Wanda Sykes. "The President should be squirming in his seat. Not smiling," he said. "The Black D**e got it wrong. No one told her the rules."</blockquote>
<p><strong></strong>In criticizing Sykes' performance, Hitchens denigrates her by going after her race and her sexual orientation as a way of putting her in her place. After last year's performance at the National Press Club, nobody criticized Stephen Colbert by calling him a "straight white male." But Hitchens felt comfortable referring to Sykes as a "black d**e" as a way of dismissing her based on her identity, and took it even further by implying that is the reason she doesn't know "the rules." </p>
<p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sykes-hitchens-top-feature.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-8895" title="sykes-hitchens-top-feature" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sykes-hitchens-top-feature.png" alt="" width="283" height="184" /></a>In a country where people can be fired from their jobs for being gay, and where black women are paid <a href="http://www.now.org/issues/economic/factsheet.html" target="_blank">69 cents on the dollar</a> compared to white men, it's all too common that people are judged based on who they are, not for their job performance. It's despicable that Hitchens seems to engage in a similar approach - denigrating who she is as a way of attacking her performance. </p>
<p>We urge media outlets who are booking Hitchens to take into account the kind of rhetoric that he's so comfortable using so casually.<br /></p><div align="left">
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">May 13, 2009</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix clearfix">
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/christopher-hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/new-york-magazine">New York Magazine</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/new-york-times-syndicate">New York Times Syndicate</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/slate">Slate</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/atlantic">The Atlantic</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/vanity-fair">Vanity Fair</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wanda-sykes">Wanda Sykes</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/white-house">white house</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/white-house-correspondents-dinner">White House Correspondent&#039;s Dinner</a></li>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:16:10 +0000glaad31983 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2009/05/13/journalist-christopher-hitchens-defames-comedian-wanda-sykes#comments